Eugene Meieran graduated from MIT in materials science with a Doctor of Science degree (ScD) and received an honorary doctorate degree from Purdue University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was involved in the decision to fuel and launch Apollo 12, the second lunar landing, and is a retired Intel Senior Fellow with numerous publications. He is also an avid collector of fine minerals and crystals as well as Pueblo ceramic art. He is currently President of the Board of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon, and the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum in Tucson, Arizona. He is married to ceramic artist Rosalind Meieran and has two children.